Social Sciences BA (Hons)

Course Overview - Social Sciences BA (Hons)

We are a top 5 UK modern university for Sociology in the Complete University Guide 2025.

Gain a comprehensive understanding of society, culture and human interaction and develop relevant skills for employment including the ability to think critically and analytically.

Social sciences offer an insight into many different aspects of our lives as individuals and as part of society.

On this course you have the opportunity to study a range of social science disciplines including criminology, human geography, history, psychology, politics and sociology. Added t...

Course Information

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Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

4 Years

Start Date

07/09/2026

Campus

Sighthill

Course Address
Sighthill Campus
Bankhead Avenue
Edinburgh
EH11 4DE

Application Details

Course Code

LC38

Institution Code

E59

Points of Entry

Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

Not Accepted

Scottish Higher

B,B,B,C

Preferably including English or a Literary Subject*. If no literary subject is achieved at Higher, we will consider applications where National 5 English has been achieved at grade C or above. If you are eligible for an adjusted offer under our Contextual Admissions Policy, please see the ‘Minimum Qualification Requirements’ below.

Access to HE Diploma

D:6,M:39

Pass Access to HE Diploma in a related subject with 45 credits overall, with minimum 39 credits at grade Merit & 6 credits at grade Distinction preferably including English or a Literary subject* at Level 3. If a literary subject is not studied at Level 3, English must be studied at Level 2.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

27

Award of Diploma with 27 points overall with three HL subjects at grades 6, 5, 4 preferably including English or a Literary subject* at minimum grade 5. If no literary subject is achieved at HL, English must be achieved at SL grade 4.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

MMM

Minimum grades MMM (Merit, Merit, Merit) preferably in a related subject. If not in a related subject, we will consider applications where GCSE English has been achieved at grade C/4 or above.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H2,H3,H3,H3

Grades H2, H3, H3, H3 at Higher Level preferably including English or a Literary subject*. If no literary subject is achieved at Higher Level, English must be achieved at grade O4 or above.

A level

C,C,C

Preferably including English or a Literary Subject*. If no literary subject is achieved at A level, we will consider applications where GCSE English has been achieved at grade C/4 or above.

T Level

M

T Level preferably completed in a Literary subject. If not, GCSE English must be achieved at grade C/4 or above. Please contact ugadmissions@napier.ac.uk to check if you meet the subject specific requirements.

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Scotland £1,820

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